LGBTQIA+ & Allies Book Club Sunday, September 15th 1-2 PM This is a book club for LGBTQIA+ folks and allies looking to connect and spend time sharing books and discussion. Books relate to themes of identity/inclusion/intersectionality but not exclusively. Members are welcome...

WEDNESDAYS AT THE CENTER Men to Kings Next afternoon workshop: Wednesday, September 18th, 4 to 6 PM Next evening* workshop: Wednesday, October 2nd, 6 to 8 PM *Men to Kings evening workshops are scheduled every other Wednesday from 6-8 PM....

JOIN US FOR A READING OF: Bed 26: A Memoir of an African Man’s Asylum in The United States Wednesday, September 18th, 7-8:30 PM Brooklyn Community Pride Center 1360 Fulton Street, Ground Floor Brooklyn, New York 11216 Edafe Okporo’s relationship with his...

BiRequest Meetings at the Center Friday, September 20th, 6-7:30 PM Every 3rd Friday of the month Brooklyn Community Pride Center 1360 Fulton Street, Ground Floor Brooklyn, NY 11216 BiRequest is a discussion and peer-support group. Our meetings are open to all members...

Bisexual Visibility Day: Potluck Social Monday, September 23rd, 6:30-8 PM at the Center Annie and Rose, hosts of the podcast Hello Good Bis, invite all bi+ folks to join us for a potluck social in honor of Bisexual Visibility Day. We’ll be...

Are you or someone you love living with HIV? The Positive Life Workshop (TPLW) is for you! The Positive Life Workshop A 3-DAY WORKSHOP SERIES: Tuesday, September 24th: 12 Noon to 5 PM Wednesday, September 25th: 12 Noon to 5...

LGBTQ+ Games Night Friday, September 27th, 7-10 PM Brooklyn Community Pride Center 1360 Fulton Street, Ground Floor Brooklyn, NY 11216 Join us at the Center on the final Friday of every month from 7 to 10 PM for a night of tabletop...

Intergenerational Community Pride Sing Sunday, September 29th, 2 to 3:30 PM Join us at Brooklyn Community Pride Center for a pop-up chorus rehearsal and sing. We invite adults and kids of all ages to learn a song, share some laughs,...

THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH Join us for our new Women’s Potluck Mixer! Thursday, October 3rd, 5:30 – 8:30 PM Brooklyn Community Pride Center 1360 Fulton Street, Ground Floor Brooklyn, New York 11216 For women who love women, this informal potluck...

WEEKLY ON FRIDAYS STARTING OCTOBER 4TH Alternatives to Suicide FIRST MEETING: Friday, October 4th 2 to 3 PM at the Center Alternatives to Suicide gives us the opportunity to talk about suicide, self-harm, and other things that we might usually be discouraged from discussing....

#OurStoriesNYC A Story Telling Workshop by LGBTQI+ People of Color TWO NEW UPCOMING WORKSHOPS: • Friday, October 4th, 6–8 PM at the Center • Friday, December 13th, 6–8 PM at the Center Author and editor Charlie Vazquez will host a memoir writing...

Recent News

LGBTQ+ Trailblazer Karla Jay and Brooklyn Community Pride Center intern Mya Padilla reflect on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Watch the report on PBS.org.

City Limits, 03/21/19:TLC Rules Threaten Equity for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers.

“In a city as progressive as New York is today, it’s difficult to imagine that sexual orientation or gender identity could make something as simple as hailing a cab a traumatic experience.” Read Floyd Rumohr’s op-ed article at citylimit.org.

NBC New York, 03/09/19:NYPD Brooklyn North is taking the fight to the community.

“NYPD reaching out in the way that they’re doing will help broaden their message they they’re here to serve the community and protect us.” said Floyd Rumohr, Chief Executive Officer. Watch the report on NBC News 4.

The Pont Podcast 01/07/2019:Choices you make are very formative with Floyd

Chief Executive Officer Floyd Rumohr speaks with Edafe Okporo about how the choices we make and our experiences shape us and give us wisdom. Listen to the podcast

Brooklyn Community Pride Center calls on Council Member Deutsch to join us in building a network of support for LGBTQ+ Brooklynites in face of criticisms that he engages in anti-LGBTQ politics. Read the article

“This is the most egregious, pernicious act of tyranny against the transgender community and it has got to stop,” said Floyd Rumohr, Chief Executive Officer, in response to the Department of Health and Human Resources’ attempt to redefine gender under the Trump Administration. Watch the video on News 12 Brooklyn.

Yesterday marked the beginning of the Brooklyn Community Pride Center’s participation in the nationally-operated PowerOn program, which provides housing-insecure LGBTQ+ youth with the technology they need to access crucial online resources. Read the article >

Honchos at a city-based trust awarded leaders of a Bedford-Stuyvesant pride center with $120,000 to create a paid-internship program geared specifically towards Kings County’s young LGBTQ professionals, who are largely underserved compared to their counterparts in other boroughs, according to the grant’s author.Read the article by Colin Mixson

The initiative is aimed at better serving the LGBTQ community in Brooklyn by providing assistant district attorneys with training to ensure they are culturally equipped to handle LGBTQ-specific crime victims. Read more at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

September 28, 2016

Williams Honors LGBTQ Advocate & Artists
City Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood) honored the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, Immigration Equality, and five LGBTQ artists for their hard work and advocacy on behalf of the LGBTQ community in Brooklyn. Recent press:

New York Daily News, 4/20/16

April 7, 2016

Brooklyn Pride Community Center and NYC LGBT and Gay Rights Organizations Protest and Call For Boycott of Sponsors and Attendees of Multi-Million Dollar Boxing Match. Read more >

Brooklyn Community Pride Center provides support and services to the borough’s LGBTQ+ community through original programming and partnerships with other organizations. Visit us at our new location:
1360 Fulton Street, Ground Floor
Brooklyn, New York 11216 [map](On New York Ave. between Fulton and Herkimer)
347-889-7719
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